Abd Allah Ibn Mas'ud

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Abd-Allah ibn Mas'ud was the 6th man who converted to Islam after Muhammad started preaching in Mecca. He was also one of the closest companions to Muhammad. According to Muslim sources, he was a child sheepherder working for Uqbah ibn Abu Mu'ayt. Muhammad was passing by him with Abu Bakr when they asked Abd-Allah to give them some milk from one of the goats. He refused because they were not his goats to give away their milk. So Muhammad asked him if there was a goat that never gave milk and he touched it instantly. The goat produced milk, so they drank milk and ibn Mas'ud asked Muhammad to teach him how to do this. Muhammad said to him, which means you've been taught